1087 - Coin spoon, three silver coins, Germany and Netherlands, 5 Mark Baden 1903, 2 Mark Saxony 1905

Coin spoon, three silver coins, Germany and Netherlands, 5 Mark Baden 1903, 2 Mark Saxony 1905 Silver (proofed), coin spoon set with three silver coins. Bowl formed from a domed 5 Mark 1903 Baden coin, obverse with portrait of Friedrich Grand Duke of Baden and legend "… VON BADEN", reverse with imperial eagle and "DEUTSCHES REICH"; in the middle of the stem a Dutch coin, probably 1 gulden in 945 silver, with portrait facing left and legend "WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN", reverse with legend "MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN", edge inscription "GOD ZIJ MET ONS" with stars; as the handle terminal a 2 Mark 1905 Saxony coin, obverse with legend "FRIEDRICH AUGUST KÖNIG V. SACHSEN", reverse with imperial eagle, "DEUTSCHES REICH 1905" and "ZWEI MARK". Waisted stem, front with engraved leaf scroll decoration on a hatched ground and plain rim band, back plain. Good condition. L. 15 cm, weight 71 g. Coin spoons are spoons whose bowl consists of a deep-drawn coin or in which coins are worked into the bowl or stem; the stem is usually soldered or riveted on. In the 18th and 19th centuries they were increasingly made as souvenirs, which in everyday use also served as small sugar spoons. The five mark pieces of the German Empire weighed 27.778 g at a standard of 900/1000, thus containing 25 g of silver, and bore the edge inscription "GOTT MIT UNS"; the two mark piece weighed 11.111 g at the same standard. Friedrich August III (1865 to 1932), whose portrait the Saxon coin shows, was the last King of Saxony. The Dutch gulden was struck under Queen Wilhelmina (reign 1890 to 1948) in 945/1000 silver with a weight of 10 g and a diameter of 28 mm and shows the crowned coat of arms of the kingdom on the reverse.